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A Winter Romance

September 20, 2015 By

Dean Martin Winter Romance

Dean Martin's 1959 Capitol holiday collection returns to vinyl just in time for the Christmas season!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

A Man and His Music

September 20, 2015 By

Sinatra Man and His Music

Frank Sinatra's 1965 Reprise double-album set arrives on 180-gram vinyl for its 50th anniversary as part of the Sinatra centennial reissue program.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

September of My Years

September 20, 2015 By

sinatra september2

Frank Sinatra's reflective 1965 album, arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins and featuring "It Was a Very Good Year," returns to vinyl for its 50th anniversary in a new 180-gram edition.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Sinatra '65

September 20, 2015 By

Sinatra 65

Frank Sinatra's 1965 album featuring "Luck Be a Lady," "My Kind of Town" and "Somewhere in Your Heart" gets the 180-gram vinyl treatment as part of the Sinatra centennial celebration.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Judy at Carnegie Hall

September 20, 2015 By

Judy at Carnegie Hall LP Reissue

Judy Garland's legendary, Grammy Award-winning, chart-topping concert album arrives on two remastered 180-gram vinyl LPs from Capitol Records.  Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally provides the new liner notes!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Miss Show Business

September 20, 2015 By

Judy Garland Miss Show Business

Judy Garland's 1955 Capitol album Miss Show Business - a Billboard top 5 smash - turns 60 this year, and Capitol/UMe is celebrating with a 180-gram vinyl reissue featuring new liner notes from Lorna Luft!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Live at the London Palladium

September 20, 2015 By

Judy and Liza Live at Palladium

Capitol has a new 180-gram 2-vinyl LP presentation of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli's Live at the London Palladium to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary.  Liza provides new liner notes!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Definitive Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition.  Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Brian Wilson, Darlene Love, David Gilmour, Dr. John, Elyse Weinberg, Erroll Garner, Grateful Dead, Judy Collins, Keith Richards, Otis Redding, Patti LuPone

The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings

September 15, 2015 By

Jim Nabors Complete Columbia Christmas

The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings brings together 1967's The Jim Nabors Christmas Album with 1972's Merry Christmas, both of which are long unavailable on compact disc.  Produced by Jack Gold and arranged by Alan Copeland, Christmas Album featured Nabors on both secular and sacred carols, including a rousing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and an inventive "Jingle Bells."  The Gold-selling album was so popular that it was the best-selling holiday album of 1969, and remained on the

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas: Real Gone Unwraps Seven Christmas Titles in November From Johnny Mathis, Glen Campbell and More

September 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Johnny Mathis Complete Christmas

Real Gone Music's October slate kicked off the label's yearly celebration of the music of Christmas including classic albums by George Melachrino, The Soulful Strings and The Three Suns - and that continues into November when the label releases a whopping seven titles for the holiday season! We've already told you this morning about our two Second Disc Records releases: Jim Nabors - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings and an expanded edition of Lynn Anderson's The Christmas Album. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Vinton, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Mathis, The Living Voices

Second Disc Records Makes Spirits Bright This November With Jim Nabors and Lynn Anderson

September 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Jim Nabors Complete Columbia Christmas

Autumn is just days away, but here at The Second Disc, our thoughts have already turned to winter - and more specifically, to the music of the holiday season!  We're thrilled to announce the first-ever Christmas titles to be released on our own Second Disc Records label - and we promise that they'll get you in the spirit of the season!  On November 6, as part of Real Gone Music's mega-Christmas slate (more news on that VERY soon!), we'll be releasing Jim Nabors' Complete Columbia Christmas

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Jim Nabors, Lynn Anderson

Christmas Joy

September 15, 2015 By

Melachrino Christmas Joy

Conductor George Melachrino's 1959 Christmas Joy, a release in RCA's Living Stereo series, makes its worldwide CD debut from Real Gone Music. This symphonic seasonal classic from one of the greatest maestros of all time includes such tracks as "Christmas Alphabet," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." It's been newly remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York, and TSD's Joe Marchese tells the Melachrino story in his new liner

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

The John Gary Christmas Album

September 15, 2015 By

John Gary Christmas

1964's The John Gary Christmas Album, arranged and conducted by the great Peter Matz, went to No. 3 for the smooth vocalist the year it came out.  An instant classic, it remained on the Christmas charts for four straight years after that.  Real Gone Music brings this Christmas gem to CD with its original artwork in a new presentation featuring liner notes by John's widow Lee Gary and remastering by Maria Triana at Battery Studios!

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

I Love Being Here With You: Peggy Lee's "Live in London" Box Set Coming In December

September 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Peggy Lee Live in London

A pair of rare albums by the legendary Miss Peggy Lee are getting the deluxe, expanded treatment this fall from Universal Music.  Peggy Lee: Live in London is the title of the new 4-CD box set due on December 4 containing the soulful songstress' 1977 studio album Peggy; the concert album Live in London recorded at the famous Palladium on March 13, 1977; an entire disc of previously unreleased material including studio outtakes, rehearsal takes and the March 20 Palladium show; and a DVD of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Release Round-Up: Week of September 4

September 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Doors Full Circle and Other Voices

The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner!  We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more!  To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Dean Martin, Eydie Gorme, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, Spooner Oldham, The Doors, The Monkees, Wilson Pickett

Strangers Again

September 3, 2015 By

Judy Collins Strangers Again

Judy Collins returns for a new set of ballads performed as duets with artists including Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Glen Hansard and Don McLean! 1. Strangers Again feat. Ari Hest 2. Miracle River feat. Michael McDonald 3. Belfast To Boston feat. Marc Cohn 4. When I Go feat. Willie Nelson 5. Make Our Garden Grow feat. Jeff Bridges 6. Feels Like Home feat. Jackson Browne 7. From Grace feat. Thomas Dybdahl 8. Hallelujah feat. Bhi Bhiman 9. Someday Soon

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

An American Treasure

August 25, 2015 By

Eydie An American Treasure

This 3-CD, 34-song set previously available as a website exclusive comes to general retail.  An American Treasure has been compiled by Steve Lawrence in tribute to his late wife Eydie Gorme.  The first disc, "The Hits," presents Eydie's a number of Eydie's most famous recordings, including "Blame It on the Bossa Nova," "If He Walked into My Life," and "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" while Disc Two, "Steve's Favorites," offers the songs he most loved hearing Eydie sing, like "Don't Go to

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

August 22, 2015 By

Tony Bennett The Silver Lining

Tony Bennett, just off a phenomenally successful tour with Lady Gaga, partners with acclaimed jazz pianist Bill Charlap (as well as Charlap's trio) for this new set of standards composed by arguably the greatest American composer, Jerome Kern.  Songs include "All the Things You Are," "I Won't Dance," "The Song is You," "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Look for the Silver Lining."

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Matters of the Heart

August 20, 2015 By

Patti LuPone Matters of the Heart

Patti LuPone's 1999 album returns to CD from Broadway Records.  The intimate Matters of the Heart features the Broadway diva tackling an eclectic repertoire by Stephen Sondheim ("Not a Day Goes By"), Randy Newman ("Real Emotional Girl"), Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Hello, Young Lovers"), Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ("Back to Before") and others.

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal

Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October

August 14, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Four Seasons Greetings

It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season will be here sooner than we think!  To prove that point, Real Gone Music is getting Christmas started early with its October slate of releases featuring five yuletide gems along with three titles good for year-round enjoyment. This batch of Christmas classics kicks off with the 4 Seasons' The 4 Seasons Greetings, continuing Real Gone's series of mono Seasons reissues which began in September.  Next, you've got holiday tunes from crooner and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, Frankie Valli, George Melachrino, Jay Dee, John Gary, The Beckies, The Four Seasons, The Grateful Dead, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns

The Singles

August 4, 2015 By

Johnny Mathis Singles

Columbia and Legacy have rounded up Johnny Mathis' non-LP single releases and compilation-exclusive tracks for this new 4-CD box set celebrating the legendary entertainer's 80th birthday.  31 of its 87 tracks are new to CD.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Comes Love: JSP Readies Judy Garland's "The Best of Lost Tracks" with New-to-CD Tracks

July 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks

This December, JSP Records will revisit the musical legacy of the one and only Judy Garland with a new single-disc collection that draws on a past release while offering new-to-CD material, as well. The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 is based on the label's 2010 box set Lost Tracks which received international acclaim for its presentation of 100 rare tracks from the late superstar - 55 of which (including her two earliest solo recordings) were previously unissued. This release presents 22

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Judy Garland

Chances Are: Legacy Celebrates Johnny Mathis' 80th With New Singles Box Set

July 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Johnny Mathis Singles

Here at Second Disc HQ, the music of Johnny Mathis is, needless to say, very special to us.  Johnny inaugurated our Second Disc Records label with the release of Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions.  Now, we're thrilled to announce that our friends at Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are collecting four discs' worth of Mathis Magic on a new box set. On September 25, Columbia and Legacy will celebrate Mr. Mathis turning 80 years young with the release of Johnny

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Johnny Mathis

Let's Hang On! Real Gone Has Four Seasons, Texas Tornados, More in September

July 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Four Seasons Sherry

We've already told you about the two September releases from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music - Wilson Pickett's The Complete RCA Studio Recordings and an expanded edition of Ricci Martin's all-star California rock classic Beached - but we know that you're going to be just as excited about the entire action-packed Real Gone slate! For starters, it's a line-up that's always in season - with new deluxe mono mini-sleeve editions of The 4 Seasons' first two albums for the first time ever

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Doug Sahm, Eydie Gorme, Flaco Jiménez, The Four Seasons, The Texas Tornados

Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Private Dancer 30th

Welcome to our final Tuesday Release Round-Up - and it's a doozy!  As many of you know, the record industry will next week adopt a universal Friday release day.  No releases are scheduled for Tuesday, July 7; instead, Friday, July 10 is the date!  DVDs and Blu-rays will, for the foreseeable future, remain released on Tuesdays.  We'll resume with a new Release Round-Up on Friday, July 10! Ronny and the Daytonas, The Complete Recordings (2-CD Set) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 311, Brian Wilson, Dean Martin, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Grateful Dead, Harry Chapin, Janis Ian, KC and the Sunshine Band, Nancy Wilson, Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Ronny and the Daytonas, Tavares, The Fantastic Four, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Who, Tina Turner

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